February 20th, 2010

Our CPAC series continues, inspired here less (much less) by the speech (by Ryan Sorba, Chairman of California Young Americans for Freedom) than by the crowd’s reaction to it. Watch the videos below.

“I’d like to condemn CPAC for bringing GOPride to this event.” – Ryan Sorba

“No, you sit down. The lesbians at Smith College protest better than you… Jeff Frazie, guess what, you just made an enemy out of me, buddy.” – Ryan Sorba after many in the crowd (and I guess in particular Jeff Frazie, whoever that is) reacted to his statement by booing him.

Here’s Sorba’s impromptu speech during the “Saving Freedom Across America” panel, and the crowd’s reaction. Yes, Sorba appeared to get some applause, but mostly boos.

Here’s a longer clip (very long, but still worth watching), including the statement (by Alexandar McCobin of Students for Liberty) that prompted Sorba’s comments (Sorba is also the person that is booing loudly while McCorbin is talking), and an interview with Sorba after his comments. He reveals that part of his antipathy to gay conservatives is the Log Cabin Republican hypothesis that Lincoln was gay (read my earlier post for more on that). And thank you, Mr. Sorba, for explaining to us how your anti-gay position is rooted in Greek philosophy.

And here’s a clip from the movie from which this post takes its name. What does Zorba mean when he says “I never loved a man more than you”? Could his own latent insecurities explain why today’s Sorba is so sensitive about gays?